ext_61659 ([identity profile] athersgeo.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] chaletian 2008-09-23 09:29 am (UTC)

Hm. Any time anyone mentions the press having differing slants always puts me in mind of the following Yes Minister (or Prime Minister, I can never remember which) quote:

Jim Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers:

* The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country;
* The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country;
* The Times is read by people who actually do run the country;
* The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country;
* The Financial Times is read by people who own the country;
* The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country;
* And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?
Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.

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